SPA & WELLNESS
The island's first rooftop wellness experience at LUX* Grand Baie Resort & Residences features Olympic-sized running tracks and a My Beast machine to ‘Muscle up on the Roof’
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he Global Wellness Trends Report 2021 heralded a new era of wellness travel, with travellers seeking slower, more mindful experiences. Wellness has always been a strong offering at Mauritius' holistic, lifestyleoriented, spas, which embrace global trends
ANCESTORAL HEALING
In Mauritius wellbeing, like cuisine, religion and culture, is a meeting between east and west.
Many Mauritians hail from Asia, and brought their indigenous healing traditions with them – and island spas have drawn on this ancestoral knowledge to create authentic island treatments. Signature massages at Attitude’s POZ (‘pause’) spas are ‘Gran Mama’,with Moringa oil, geranium and neem leaves, and ‘Ti balad dan Chamarel’, a body scrub combining local muscovado sugar with Chamarel coffee beans. Eco-conscious SALT of Palmar’s SALT Equilibrium spa also focuses on homegrown products, Heritage Le Telfair’s new locally-made ecological
body products contain natural island ingredients such as Fair Trade sugar cane, banana flowers and coconut water. Constance Prince Maurice has added a sugar scrub in the spa – and children can now create their own in the kids club.
FLOWER POWER
Maritim Resort & Spa’s upgraded Tropical Flower Spa features Mauritian rituals with essential oils from Frangipani, Aloe Vera and Bougainvillea. A honeymoon ritual at the phytotherapy spa at C Mauritius starts with a coconut oil foot massage and ends with an al fresco flower petal bath. New beauty treatments include Carita’s gold-infused firming facial at The Residence Mauritius’ revamped Sanctuary Spa.
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